Ironing-machine.



No. 7|5,l0|. Patented Dec. 2, |902. C. MARGK.

` IRONING MACHINE. (Application med lay 5, 1902.)A

(N0 Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MARCK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

lRONlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 715,101, dated December 2, 1902.

Application filed May 5,1902. Serial No. 105,966. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES MARCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ironing-machines and it consists in the :novel arrangement, construction, and combination ot' parts, as will be fully hereinafter described and claimed. It relates to those tailors pressing or ironing machines in which the ironsupport is a lever hinged to one side of a table and having at its upper end a folding frame to which the iron is secured and at its lower end a treadle for swinging it.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved ironing-machine, part of the table being omitted. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section taken through the table in advance of the mechanism. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of a portion of the iron-support, showin g part in section.

The numeral 5 designates a table of any desired form or shape, to which is secured a lever 6 by means of a bracket 7 of suitable construction, the lever being hinged to the bracket, as shown in Figs. l and 2, by means of a pin 8. The lever is formed with body 9 and arms 10 and 11, as shown in Fig. 2. 10 is the upper arm, and 11 the lower arm. The lower arm is connected to a treadle 12 by means of sliding said treadle thereon over the side projections or iianges 13. The treadle is eX- tended outwardly at any desirable convenient location for convenient access by the operator. The arms of thelever are lowered with the treadle, and the arms and treadle are raised by means of springs 14, the upper ends of which are connected to the under side of the table, and the lower ends are connected to the hooks 15 of a cross-bar 16, through which passes a short pin 17, that bears against the under side of the forward end of arm 11, as shown in Fig. 3. The pin is adjustable in the bar and is secured in its adjusted position by a set-screw 18, so that by raising or lowering the pin the arms of the lever are adjusted to a greater or less height, as required. To the upper arm 10 of the lever is hinged, by means of a tapered pin 19, a folding arm 20,' made in two parts 2l and 22. To the outer end of the forward part 22 is secured an iron 23.

24 is an ironing-board resting upon the table.

It will thus be understood that when the iron is secured to the part 22 and pressure put upon the treadle the iron will beV forced down on the goods upon the ironing-board, and at the same time the jointed frame can be moved back and forth over the board. The iron is preferably secured to the part 22 in such a manner that it can swing in a vertical plane or be twisted or turned in a horizontal plane on the outer end of the forward part of the folding frame. This connection is made by means of a head 24, having a socket to secure a round shank 25 of the iron between the iron proper or body and the handle. The head has a reduced end 26, fitting in a socket made to receive it in the outer end of the forward part of the folding frame. The head is held to the folding frame by a screw 27, whose inner end lits in a circumferential groove 28 in the rea duced end.

The treadle may be adj usted upon the arm 11 over the flange 13 as desired by pulling or pushing the same thereon.

This invention is an improvement over Patent No. 323,174 on ironing-machines, granted to me July 28, 1885.

I-Iaving fully described my invention, what I claim is- The combination with a table, a lever for supporting the iron hinged thereto, of springs 14 secured to the under side of the table over the outer end of the lower arm of the lever, a cross-bar 16 having hooks to engage the lower ends of the springs beneath the outer end of the arm, a front pin 17 adjustable to the crossbar, a set-screw by which the pin is adjusted, and a treadle slidingly mounted upon the top of the lower arm of the lever as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

hi CHARLES SMAR0K- mark Witnesses:

CARRIE BLOEM,

ANNIE GABoL.

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